TY - GEN AU - Hidas,Gergely TI - A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja - Critical Edition SN - 9783110621051 PY - 2019/// CY - Berlin/Boston PB - De Gruyter KW - Australasian & Pacific history KW - bicssc KW - Buddhism KW - Nepal KW - Indology KW - Incantation KW - Sanskrit N1 - Open Access N2 - A hitherto unpublished scripture of Buddhist dharani literature, the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja has been recently discovered in five Nepalese manuscripts. This rare Sanskrit text from around the fifth century focuses on the ritual practice of thaumaturgic weather control for successful agriculture by the vidyadhara spell-master, linking the incantation tradition to the economic power of the Nepalese Buddhist community UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23564/1/1006581.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23564/1/1006581.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23564/1/1006581.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/23564/1/1006581.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35310 ER -